The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

| MISCELLANEOUS.
Mary NIagdalen, the fair sinner
with her penitent;al tears, who has been
favorite theme of the painters for
centuries, gave the word ''maudlin' to
our English vocabulary.--Bostoaa Budget.
1t is said that the streams pene-
trating the Gogebic iron range near the
south shore of Lake Superior are SO
black with discoloration from the ore
that fish can not live in them.
-Geranium green is new color that
seems to have found immediate favor.
1t is said to be crying" but nobody
will care very much about that 50 long
as it is fashionable Chicago Mail.
"A professional palmist says per-
son can never tell lie with his hand
shut. We know people who can tell a
liewith both hands shut and tied behind
their backs. Go to, palmist!-t Chicago
Tribune.
"A man can "get high" by going to
Denver. 1t is 5, us feet above the sea
level, and the highest State capital in
the Union. Annapolis, Nd, is the
lowest, being just four feet above the
sea level.
"A Missouri sheriff went home in
disguise in the evening to see if his wife
would scare. She fired three shots at
him so promptly that he dropped his
experiment and began looking for the
end of one of his fingers.
Heard in society: He-'1 beg your
pardon, miss, but don't admire your
last name" She "Great heavens,
man, haven't I done every thing in my
power to change itP Must 1 knock a
man down with clubg"-W ashinqton
Critic.
The number of dwellings in Jeru.
salem has doubled in twenty-five years,
the schools are open five days week,
and Paris fashions are common. Street
railways run past Queen Anne cottages.
Bethlehem has had its streets repaved.
Nazareth is good oil market. There
is considerable activity in real estate
around Mount Carmel and Jaffa.
| Such things still happen in Missis-
sippi, it appears. as whipping negroes
to death, for at place called Koscius-
ko the mayor has bound over four
white men for that business, and held
four others to bail. Strong influence
was brought to bear to prevent pros
ecution, but it has no effect upon the
officers, who are determined to put a
stop to this species of lawlessness.
William Schaefer, farmer near St.
Louis, had in mind to fell large elm
on his land, when he met some city
| sportsmen out after rabbits. He made
fun of such small game, and said that
coons were the things to hunt. They
wanted to know where coons could be
found. He told of nest in the bic
elm. Thereupon the st. Louis boys
borrowed axes and went at the tree.
They cut it down, encouraged by Mr..
Schaefer, who seemed greatly surprised
that no coons were found.
| Mrs. Lima Swaffield, of Beverly,
Mass, who has recently been taken to
Florida by her husband, who hopes that
change of scene and climate will restore
her to sanity, is the victim of practical
joke. A few weeks ago her husband
joined a hunting party. On the way
home one of the party hurried in adj
vance and told Mrs. Swaffield that her
husband had been shot and killed. She
tainted, remained unconscious for sew
eral hours, and when she regained con-
sciousness was insane.-Boston Herald.
"A farmers daughter during the
rage for albums handed to Willis Gay
lord Clarke, an American poet, an old
account book ruled for pounds, shillings
and pence, and requested contribution.
He happily utilized the columns as fol-
lows:
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| This worlds scene as dark as Styx
| Where hope is scarce worth. I2lt
| Our joys are borne so fleeing hence.
! That they are dear at........ Id
| And yet to stay here most are willing
| Although they may not have III
| Phil Mall G0zetfe-